Young people have gone through an Introductory course which gave them a chance to meet with other students from Vidin, also participating in the project to speak about future projects and to gain more knowledge for the project “Connected Classrooms”.

On 14 and 15 May 2011 in Vidin and Dimitrovgrad we will organize a training course for participants in the project, which will end with the allocation of roles and responsibilities among the youth in their chosen project. Until now discussing ideas such as representation of a traditional Gypsy wedding, building a playground in the park, cleaning the riverside promenade in Vidin, hiking in the mountains with children from homes and others.

More information about the Future projects – after the training.

On 14 May 2011. (Saturday)  from 10.30 to 16 hours in South Park, Sofia, all children will have the opportunity to spend a day with their parents, participating in “Familatlon – games and entertainment for the whole family. The event is held with the Association “Sport for All and supported by the Sofia Municipality.

The main idea of ​​the event is that sport is a very important tool for strengthening health and family relationships. That is why “Familatlon” will give kids a chance to test their abilities in sports and leisure activities such as: badminton, softball, capoeira, aikido, Paneurhythmy skates, karate, family games, robotics, kitchen, art studios, endless reading climbing, petanque, rugby, acrobatic rock and roll, taekwondo and many more exotic and dynamic games.

During the “Familatlon” more than 20 organizations will have the opportunity to present their activities in practice to the visitors of the park.

The Future Project, which we will create has only the date, time and place – June 1, 10:00 am, Liberty Square, the town of Pleven. During the the Young Leaders will deliver content for that day.

If you want to take part in the training for Young leaders in Pleven and develop new skills like – teamwork, communication, working with media and sponsors, inventing new games for children, participation in workshop and more., let us know. E-mail us and we will write you back with more detailed information.

The first stage of the seminar took place on 15 and 16 July and was designed to target national trainers in Bulgaria with regard to their future professional career in the area of interactive trainings under the Dreams and Teams programme.

The second stage of the seminar took place on 17 and 18 July and was aimed at discussing and taking decisions about club activities trainings.

The discussions were related to the partnership between the organisation, the school and the club, how to establish this tripartite relationship; how to coordinate the activities of the club and to guarantee the proactive initiative of young leaders. The establishment of the club is a natural continuation of the leadership programme after the young people have been through the training for Young leaders. If the want to continue developing and build on their knowledge, the club is the ideal place where they can have training that helps them build on skills and knowledge they already have and where they will be able to practice what they have learnt in a safe environment.

We aimed at running two build-on trainings for club activities designed for young leaders that have already been trained, as well as establishing 5 clubs (4 in Sofia (in School 28, School 119, School 81 and Louis Braille School) and one in Varna ( Dr. Ivan Shishmanov School). The dates for the two build-on trainings for trained young leaders in Sofia and Varna will be finalised by the end of August and the trainings will take place by the end of October.

The last seminar – on 18 and 19 July – had 16 participants who were volunteers and young leaders in the organisation. Some of them had the task to organise games and activities for another part of the group. The team of trainers organised games for team-working, problem-solving, for young people’s attention and trust, and with these they developed relations as a team at a higher level.

This was an opportunity for the young people to get together since everyone is involved in the activities of the organisation but nobody has worked with everyone else so far.

The games at the festival were adapted to the needs and interests of all participants. The kids with disabilities had no difficulties participating in the activities because the games stressed on the team spirit and collaboration. So, children were not so much concerned with the differences they had with one another but, rather, with their common goal to follow the rules of the game and score best.

The festival was organised with the kind support of the British Council, Sofia, Sofiyska voda AD, Ecobulpack AD, Nestle Bulgaria, Coca-Cola, and Rugby ClubMurphy’sMisfits.

But, above all, the festival would never be without the dedicated work and great enthusiasm of all the volunteers who organised not only the games but the whole festival in all its details.

The training took place in Berkovitsa on Paul Evans’ and municipality Berkovitsa’s request with British Council’s support. The aim of the training was to provide the participants with a wider range of interactive techniques and skills for running trainers for young leaders.

Among the 9 participants in the training were physical education tutors, headteachers, deputy headteachers and municipality Berkovitsa’s PR.
Below is a list of the names and contact details of the participants. All participants took an active part and some discovered new, useful and interesting techniques they would use, while others felt insecure about the different approach to young people. Everybody demonstrated readiness to continue developing and accepting it and for some it will take longer for taking the decision or for accepting and trying out the interactive techniques from the leadership programme.

The training took place with the exceptional support of municipality Berkovitsa represented by Milena Sergeeva and Hristo Smirnenski 2nd school, whose headteacher is Tsvetana Petkova; she took part in the training and accepted the programme to be used in the school she is in charge of.

The group of developing trainers would like to continue developing the leadership programme in schools in Berkovitsa as a freely-electable subject. To complete their training as national trainers, the developing trainers will organise and run a training for young leaders in Berkovitsa under the mentorship of a leading trainer. The dates of this training as well as the financial aspect of the matter are subject to negotiation among all sides involved in the training.